Chapter 14: Evil Gets Its Due
Chapter 14: Evil Gets Its Due
“Heh, brother…”
“You are not my brother.” Ling Yi looked at him. “You are not worthy.”
“Young man, it’s clear you haven’t been beaten down by society yet. Learn to face reality! Don’t think you can do whatever you want just because someone is backing you up. Great Qin is a country governed by law…”
The young man raised his voice slightly, a trace of pity showing in his eyes. “Considering this house is about to become my property, I won’t hold a grudge against you for my mother getting hurt because of you.”
“What a despicable and shameless villain!”
“Never seen someone so brazen.”
“A whole family of shameless people…”
The neighbors around couldn’t take it anymore, itching to come over and slap the young man.
The young man suddenly gave a cold laugh. He cupped his hands toward the crowd and said in a chilling voice, “Everyone, that’s enough. This guy here will soon be slinking away from this place in disgrace. And I… will be the neighbor who watches you all get buried in the future!”
The surroundings went quiet for a moment. Then, the shouting and cursing grew even louder.
If these were middle-aged folks with elderly parents and young children, a couple of threats might have shut them up.
But these grandpas and grandmas… they really weren’t afraid!
With money, free time, and plenty of it, who were they afraid of?
As a seventy-something old man put it—
“I’ve got dirt up to my face already. Would I be afraid of a little bastard like you? You know martial arts, don’t you? Come on then, hit me? Let’s see if this house behind you is enough to cover the compensation. Think knowing a couple of people makes you special? Who living here doesn’t know a few people? Shameless punk, get lost!”
Watching the fired-up grandpas and grandmas, Ling Yi decided he must get along well with them in the future.
Really, their combat power was off the charts!
When it came to arguing and cursing, this young man in front of him was a total weakling, defeated in minutes.
Ling Yi took out his phone to check the time. He felt it was about right.
Just then, a group of people suddenly walked in from the direction of the alley entrance.
Leading them was a tall urban beauty. She wore beige straight-leg trousers and high-heeled sandals, a white shirt on top, with wavy long hair and a pair of large sunglasses covering her face.
Su Qingqing’s outfit made even Ling Yi pause for a moment. Before, she was either in military uniform all day or dressed in very plain, old-fashioned clothes. He had never seen her dressed like this.
Su Qingqing, her whole body radiating a fearless, youthful, and fashionable aura, came close. She didn’t greet Ling Yi. She glanced at the house number.
She said to a group of workers in uniforms behind her, “This is the place. Remember, I don’t want anything inside! Keep the framework, but everything else… smash it all!”
Gu Tong, standing to the side, looked somewhat surprised at the group of “workers” in uniforms behind Su Qingqing. The corner of his mouth twitched.
As a soldier, he saw at a glance that these were not any ordinary workers. They were clearly a group of combat-capable soldiers!
As for the beautiful woman’s identity, Gu Tong guessed it instantly.
Su Qingqing, the number one beauty of the Intelligence Department under the Military Headquarters of Great Qin!
But why was she here?
Glancing at Ling Yi standing there calmly, Gu Tong understood. He thought to himself, this kid is even more ruthless than me!
The group of “workers,” carrying hammers, saws, and other tools, were about to charge inside. The young man immediately objected. He rushed to the doorway and blocked everyone.
He said angrily, “Who are you people? How dare you trespass on private property? What do you think you’re doing in broad daylight? The leaders of the City Guard Army and the Supervisory Court are right here…”
Smack!
One of the “workers” raised his hand and slapped the young man, who also had first-level combat skills, hard across the face.
The young man didn’t react at all before the slap landed on his face.
The slap was sharp and loud. It sent the young man staggering several steps to the side.
“Get lost!”
The man who slapped him directly barged into the yard. A crowd of people followed, rushing in noisily after him.
That somewhat authoritative minor official from the Supervisory Court shouted sternly, “What do you think you’re doing? Have you no fear of the law?”
Su Qingqing looked at him. “Who are you?”
The middle-aged man looked at Su Qingqing. “I am from the Spring City Supervisory Court…”
“This doesn’t concern you.”
As Su Qingqing spoke, she turned her head to look at the similarly stunned old neighbors. She smiled brightly. “Uncles and aunties, do you still remember me? I used to live here too.”
An auntie in the crowd suddenly slapped her forehead, a bit excited. “Oh my, you’re that little girl Mr. Shen adopted back then. You were already very pretty and graceful even then. I even joked about you becoming my daughter-in-law. Oh dear, oh dear, you are even more beautiful now, I hardly recognized you!”
Su Qingqing, slightly shy, took off her sunglasses, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes. She looked at that auntie. “Then, is your son married?”
The auntie looked regretful, speaking with a tinge of sourness. “He got married last year…”
The crowd burst into laughter.
As if your son would have had a chance even if he weren’t married…
The young man who got slapped finally snapped back to reality. So this woman was also adopted by that Principal Shen?
Why would such a bigshot have nothing better to do than adopt so many kids?
Wait… that’s not right!
He roared at Su Qingqing, “Who do you think you are? What right do you have to come to my…”
Su Qingqing instantly burst with a cold aura, walking toward the young man with her presence fully unleashed.
Actually, in terms of real combat power, Su Qingqing was probably not this young man’s match.
But facing Su Qingqing, the young man, with his half-swollen face from the slap, felt like he couldn’t breathe.
“Y-you, what do you want?”
Su Qingqing looked at him coldly. “I am not as good-tempered as my younger brother. You garbage, right now, immediately, right away… take your family’s disgusting junk and get the hell out of here!”
The minor Supervisory Court official, who had just been ignored, stepped forward again. He looked at Su Qingqing coldly and said, “Madam, I must warn you…”
“Didn’t I say this doesn’t concern you?” Su Qingqing looked at the middle-aged man, her face cold and gorgeous. She scolded, “Enjoying being an accomplice, are you? The only reason I’m not bothering with you is because people like you are the same as him…”
She pointed at the young man with the swollen cheek. “…not even worthy of having a name!”
“You…”
The minor official was stunned. His face quickly turned red, shame and anger rising in his eyes.
“Madam, we have already sealed up this place…” The deputy head from the Spring City bank branch couldn’t help but step forward.
“And who are you?” Su Qingqing looked at him.
“I am…”
“Forget it. I have no interest in knowing who you are. I’ll just ask one thing: what right do you have to seal up a property under my name?”
Su Qingqing looked at him, then at the minor Supervisory Court official, her face cold as she asked, “What illegal thing have I done? What gives you the right to seal up my house?”
The few men were instantly dumbfounded.
Yours?
Just then, chaos erupted in the yard. First, the young man’s wife was driven out. Then the troublesome kid was thrown out…
Learning from last time’s lesson, the young man hadn’t let his wife and child come out this time. But when the group went inside, the troublesome kid, not knowing any better, clashed with them again.
Although the group wouldn’t do much to a troublesome kid, they weren’t exactly kind either. They grabbed him by the collar and tossed him outside.
Then, all sorts of things inside were carried out one after another and dumped at the entrance.
They definitely weren’t being gentle; everything was thrown out directly!
Ding-ding-dang-dang crashing sounds against the wall instantly rang out!
The whole process was so fast it felt suffocating!
The young man and his family of three were completely dumbfounded. The people from the Supervisory Court and the Spring City branch were also frozen like statues.
Was this a decoration crew?
This was more like a demolition team, right?
The young man still wanted to say something, but the people from the Supervisory Court and the Spring City branch had already sensed something was wrong.
Instead of choosing to keep clashing with Su Qingqing, they ran to various corners to make phone calls.
Only then did Su Qingqing walk up to Ling Yi. Looking at him with heartache, she asked softly, “Did that help you feel better?”
The cool, silent voice that had been quiet for a long time in Ling Yi’s mind suddenly spoke up: “This girl is valiant and decisive, swift in exacting revenge! I like her!”
Ling Yi ignored it. Looking at Su Qingqing, he said, “People who aren’t even worth having a name don’t deserve getting angry over them, but it felt pretty good.”
Su Qingqing said, “Scum should be treated like scum. This matter isn’t over yet. They illegally occupied our house for so many years; they must pay the price!”
Ling Yi nodded. This time, he didn’t plan to let that young man’s family off either.
He had already given them a chance, but they had become even worse. If apologies solved everything, what would be the point of people like Gu Tong? Speaking of which, where was Gu Tong?
Turning to look around, he found Gu Tong watching the excitement with a group of his subordinates, all looking very amused.
“Qingqing, come here. Let me introduce someone. Gu Tong… my senior brother. He has taken good care of me these past few days. I’ve relied on his help a lot here in Spring City.”
Su Qingqing nodded. “Then we must thank him properly.”
Following Ling Yi over to Gu Tong, Su Qingqing looked at Gu Tong carefully and couldn’t help but ask, “You and Gu Wu…”
Gu Tong smiled. “He’s my older brother.”
Ling Yi glanced at Su Qingqing. Su Qingqing said, “A colleague of mine, a very capable person. I’ll introduce you if we get the chance someday.”
By now, more and more things were being thrown out.
The family of three was completely at a loss because their reinforcements—the people from the Supervisory Court and the bank—after making a few phone calls each, had actually left without a single word!
They left so peacefully… no, wait, so suddenly!
Without any warning, after finishing their calls, each with a very interesting expression on their face, they left this place without hesitation.
It was as if staying one more minute would get them eaten.
The young man’s wife couldn’t hold back anymore and started wailing loudly. The bratty child also started crying, cursing and muttering.
The young man was pacing anxiously. Under the disdainful gazes of a crowd of neighbors, he took out his phone and made several calls, but without exception, no one answered!
An elderly woman sneered coldly. “Serves you right!”
An old man in his seventies: “Karma’s a bite!”
“Serves you right!”
“Shameless thing, why aren’t you getting lost already!”
“They didn’t even pursue your mistakes, gave you a chance, and in return you tried your hardest to bite the hand that fed you! Just wait to eat prison food!”
“Lock up scum like that fast and sentence him for decades!”
“None of that family are any good. Look at that little brat growing up—he’ll turn out just as shameless!”
Faced with the furious cursing from these neighbors, the young man suddenly thought of something. He went up to Ling Yi, fell to his knees with a thud, and wailed, “I’m sorry, I was wrong, I shouldn’t have been so blinded. Please, sir, don’t hold it against a petty person like me. Please let us go…”
Ling Yi looked at Gu Tong. Gu Tong waved his hand, and several of his men immediately stepped forward and restrained the young man.
Su Qingqing spoke up. “Don’t worry about how much of your property got damaged today. I will have someone assess it fairly and compensate you for the full value; you won’t lose a single cent. However, for all those years you illegally occupied my family’s home, how much loss you caused and what responsibility you must bear—don’t think for a second you can escape any of that!”
The young man and his wife were led away utterly dejected. The old woman who was still staying in the hospital, trying to extort a huge sum from Ling Yi, and her husband who was taking care of her—they wouldn’t get away either.
Just as Su Qingqing had said, whoever was responsible wouldn’t escape a bit of it!
As more junk was cleared out, vehicles started coming into the end of the alley, continuously hauling away the discarded items.
Su Qingqing turned to the uncles, aunts, grandpas, and grandmas with an apologetic expression. “Sorry, everyone, uncles, aunts, grandpas, grandmas. Our house needs to be renovated again. It might disturb you all for a few days. I apologize in advance here; please bear with us…”
“Oh, it’s fine!”
“We’re actually happy about it! That family is finally gone!”
“We feel like buying some firecrackers to celebrate!”
“We don’t mind the disturbance. We’re glad Mr. Shen’s family is coming back to live here!”
…
Inside a room with drawn curtains, a man was on a phone call.
His tone was humble, his attitude respectful.
“I’m sorry, it was my oversight. I didn’t expect them to react so quickly and turn the tables on us.”
“Yes, yes, it was indeed my mistake…”
“Alright, I understand. I’ll keep an eye on him. As for the City Guard Army side… yeah, yeah, I got it. I won’t provoke them proactively.”
“That woman is also not to be provoked? Understood…”
After hanging up, the man couldn’t help but curse. “Damn it, this one can’t be provoked, that one can’t be touched either, and on top of that, I have to watch him closely. So it’s just me who’s easy to push around?”